Res 0802-1999

Tibet, Congressional Action

Resolution calling upon the Council of the City of new York to support (1) the conclusion of the United States Congress that Tibet, including those areas incorporated into the Chinese Provinces of Sichuan, Young, Gansu and Qinghai, is an occupied country under the established principles of international law and whose true representatives are the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Government-in-exile as recognized by the Tibetan people; (2) the recommendations of the International Commission of Jurists for china to enter into negotiations for a solution to the question of Tibet based on the will of the Tibetan people; and (3) the right of the Tibetan people to control economic development in Tibet and calls upon individuals and comanies doing business in Tibet to follow the development guidelines of the Tibetan Government-in-exile.

Status

Adopted

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